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Drivers | 15 |
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Grands Prix | 423 |
Entries | 491 |
Starts | 479 |
Best season finish | 1st (1997) |
Wins | 17 |
Podiums | 39 |
Pole positions | 16 |
Fastest laps | 17 |
Points | 643 |
First entry | 1961 United States Grand Prix |
First win | 1978 Canadian Grand Prix |
Latest win | 1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix |
Latest entry | 2024 Belgian Grand Prix |
2024 drivers | Lance Stroll |
There have been 15 Formula One drivers from Canada, four of whom have scored points. Gilles Villeneuve, rated amongst the greatest drivers of all time, died while qualifying for his 68th race. His son, Jacques Villeneuve won the World Drivers' Championship in 1997. Canadian drivers were absent from Formula One from his departure in 2006 until the arrival of Lance Stroll in 2017.